516 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
FISHERIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES ” 
The most recent complete catch statistics of the fisheries for the 
States of the Mississippi River and tributaries are those collected for 
the year 1931. The yield of fishery products in that year amounted to 
82,382,523 pounds, valued at $2,897,357, which was a decrease of 22 
percent in quantity and 36 percent in value as compared with the 
quantity and value of the catch in 1922, the year for which the most 
recent preceding survey was made. Detailed statistics of the fisheries 
of the Mississippi River and tributaries for 1931 appear in ‘Fishery 
Industries of the United States, 1932” by R. H. Fiedler, Appendix III 
to the Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1933. 
A summary of these fisheries m 1931, as well as certain data for 1937, 
appear in the following tables: 
Fisheries of the Mississippi River and Tributaries, 1931 
OPERATING UNITS: By StatEs 
































Ala- | Arkan- _  . | Indi- Kan- Ken- | Louisi- | Minne- 
Item bama | sas |Jlinois| “ana | Towa sas_ | tucky ana sota 
Fishermen: 
On boats and shore: |Nwmber|Number|Number| Number) Number| Number| Number) Number | Number 
Regulartss= 2222 104 1, 463 708 20 245 35 89 1, 402 160 
@aswal =: +2 are 131 1, 524 1, 318 1, 735 648 88 440 3, 108 578 
PRotahels<a. 235 2, 987 2, 026 1, 755 893 123 §29 4, 510 738 
Boats 
Motor se. eae 32 907 676 544 309 18 92 1, 225 65 
Other! 22S seek 190 2, 359 957 1, 189 457 123 420 2, 369 446 
Apparatus: 
Flatil SeiNnes= = bode ees tee 22 16 127 50 JGR lee eae 24 377 113 
engi oeyarGs sae |e 7, 308 | 33,975 Dp {On[<36;,389))==5—- 22 2, 057 85, 166 45, 968 
Anchoreillinets.- 2-6 |_ so i) Noss AR ee ea ot bE eR eee oe 74 9 
Square yards----__}________ 2 SOD) | Rea S| a eters pe | ds Se 17, 400 9, 999 
Trammelimetsaes= 225 | 2222 een 31 28 Oh tees oe OOF eeeneone 78))\s282- 8 
Squaretyards=2 >=! Ss ene _— 3, 899 4, 890 S{00))|| See OXO26aiwene eee 19:696)1)--.-_2 
Lines, trot__ 449 §, 327 1, 312 320 1, 158 17 627 tay, (AaY/ 186 
Hooks - 35, 980 |455, 000 |124, 715 | 16,767 |186, 250 360 | 37,395 |1, 392, 200 41, 800 
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Mussel dredges_______]______+_ 426 145 | See ene | | san ee ee 
Wardsat mouthees eae eee 286 10'S | Care ees Me es es See fe eee ee |e 
Crowfoot bars________ 168 | 1,038 840 | 1,092 AGA? | ikea iae 256 10 192 
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12 For a clearer understanding of the statistics published in this section, the reader is referred to the 
section in the later part of the document entitled ‘‘Statistical survey procedure.’’ 
